Chatham Financial

About Chatham Financial

Chatham Financial is the largest independent financial risk management advisory and technology firm. A leader in debt and derivative solutions, Chatham provides clients with access to in-depth knowledge, innovative tools, and an incomparable team of nearly 700 employees to help mitigate risks associated with interest rate, foreign currency, and commodity exposures. Founded in 1991, Chatham serves more than 3,000 companies across a wide range of industries — handling over $700 billion in transaction volume annually and helping businesses maximize their value in the capital markets, every day. Chatham serves a wide range of clients globally, including real estate, private equity investment funds, mid-sized financial institutions. and a spectrum of public and private companies. As an employee-owned, view-neutral solutions firm, Chatham has created a distinct work environment that values people, team collaboration, hard work, and integrity. We always strive to do what is right, just, and fair, even when no one is looking. Our interview and employment process is designed to attract people who can subscribe to, and constantly embody, the core values that we represent. Every member of our team must be completely trustworthy, possess high ethical standards, be a great team player, and strive for excellence. It is difficult to overstate how important the qualities of effective collaboration and a willingness to serve others are to our organization. The Role: Our private equity and infrastructure team is looking to expand in our London office with the addition of a Transaction Operations Specialist. This role will focus in processing trades in our proprietary systems and managing pre and post trade documentation processes for our interest rate and foreign currency hedging services. The purpose of the role is to continuously improve the efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of our hedging operations as we serve clients with excellence both before and after transactions are executed. Responsibilities: Coordinate trade documentation with clients and dealer banks from pre-trade discussions through trade execution and completion. Upload transaction details and transaction documents in the transaction management database. Assist with ISDA documentation by coordinating and negotiating with attorneys and banks. Confirm and check economic details of transactions prior to execution and after execution to ensure proper entry. Assist clients to ensure their funds flow properly on all settlements. Manage the tracking and reporting of transaction operations including: outstanding documentation, providing updates and reminders to clients, monitoring the team's transaction trends, new pipeline deals and deal deadlines, etc. Work closely with the centralized documentation and transaction management team to coordinate compliance requirements such as Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and similar requirements. Review loan documents and extract key economic data as it pertains to hedge structuring. Ability to understand the new derivatives regulations and their impact on the operational aspects of hedging; serve as a resource on derivatives regulation from a process perspective. Assist in training other team members on salient documentation and regulatory issues from an operational perspective. Requirements: Experience in managing and organizing documents, trade operations and/or operational process improvement is preferred. Skills in organization, proactive initiative, attention to detail, consistent accuracy, strong verbal and written communication are critical. Capacity to quickly shift from one task to another in order to keep up with the fast-paced working environment. The ability to create, maintain, and improve highly effective processes is required. Experience in bank operations or as a paralegal is a plus, but not a requirement. A degree in finance is not required, but comfort with math is important. We seek individuals who will thrive in our culture and can make a significant impact over the long term. Most of our team members do not come to Chatham with a deep understanding of derivatives; therefore, we conduct classroom and apprentice-style training. We invest a great deal of time and training with our employees, and we are looking for individuals who want to make a long-term commitment to the company. This is an important role within the team, and individuals who perform excellently will be highly valued team members. Career development opportunities involve managing cross-team processes, relationships with counterparty banks, and becoming a resident expert in trade operations and derivatives documentation.

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Company Type: Private

Company Size: 501 - 1000

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